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Hello to all
Have recently decided to get back on the bike after a decade or more of inactivity with the aspiration of commuting to work (12.5 mile each way).
After a false start due to 10 days of constant rain I manage to cover 45 mile last week to try and build up a basic level of fitness so I can make the journey to work without collapsing at the end.
Reading other posts are inspiring, there are some serious commuters out there.
No real point to the post just a hello!!
Have recently decided to get back on the bike after a decade or more of inactivity with the aspiration of commuting to work (12.5 mile each way).
After a false start due to 10 days of constant rain I manage to cover 45 mile last week to try and build up a basic level of fitness so I can make the journey to work without collapsing at the end.
Reading other posts are inspiring, there are some serious commuters out there.
No real point to the post just a hello!!
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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...hello Wheezy...welcome to commuting...keep the pedals turning and your fitness will improve...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...0
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Hi Wheezy,
Welcome! - Good luck with the commuting.
Gve it a few months and it will be bye-bye Mr. WheezyMcChubby and hello MR. DeepBreathingMcSlim !
Phil 8)0 -
12.5 miles is a good stint. Stick with it, and you'll soon wonder why is was such an effort the first few times.
Welcome to the forum. Feel free to post any old thoughts that randomly occur to you - that's what seems to happen on here as often as not.
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Hello and welcome. Before you know it, it will become a race...Cannondale F500
Peugeot Fixed Gear
Specialized Hardrock
Baordman Team Carbon
Haro Freestyler Sport 1984
Coming Soon...Canyon Nerve AM 7.00 -
...a race...oh no...
...wasn't the main character in 28 Days Later a cycle courier? And wasn't he being chased by these mindless zombies...infested with the Rage...just like Silly Commuting Racers really I suppose...
...Wheezy stay clean...stay away from silly commuting racing...
...I beg you......all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...0 -
Hi Wheezy
Good commute length.
When i started this coummuting malarkey i thought 6.6 miles each way was going to be a struggle, but now four months on i want a much longer commute.
Watch out for thinking you have all the basic gear it never works you will find yourself scritnising web sites looking for the next piee of kit you can buy :roll:Commuter Surosa Toledo S34 Audax
Best Bike Merida Road Race 901-18
In truth i love them both0 -
ChrisLS wrote:...a race...oh no...
...wasn't the main character in 28 Days Later a cycle courier? And wasn't he being chased by these mindless zombies...infested with the Rage...just like Silly Commuting Racers really I suppose...
...Wheezy stay clean...stay away from silly commuting racing...
...I beg you...
mmmmmm blooooooooood....gore...must eat brains
Roadie FCN: 3
Fixed FCN: 60 -
Welcome wheezy!
Enjoy it! Slog through winter, then you'll LOVE summer riding... apart from all teh fairweather wimps!0 -
Welcome The Wheeze!
I was in the same position as you at the start of the summer - hadn't done much exercise other than typing and lifting a coffee cup for a decade or so. I built up some training miles in the summer evenings and now I can commute the 9ish miles to work 3 or 4 days a week without too much trouble. Stick at it!
Whatcha riding?Today is a good day to ride0 -
@Littigator
Take your photo
- the blood
+ more snot
+ 3 stone
= 1 WheezyMcChubby
Commuter racing may not happen as I'm safely out of the way on Northern Ireland's North Coast.
BTW what are the FCN's of a jogger, an old women walking a dog and a little girl on a Dora the Explorer Trike, thats all the Scalps to date.
Any one in to motorbikes will know the roads I am currently working up a bit of fitness on as the circuit of the North West 200. Any one else may have heard of the Giants Causeway, Royal Portrush golf club or Bushmills Whiskey, all local attractions.
That gets me thinking what about a thread on the most scenic commutes, might just start one!“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Welcome!
Definitely keep going through the winter - by the summer you will be fit as a flea and ready to frolic!Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome0 -
Keep to it, been doing 14 mile each way commute after 15 yrs of no bike....fastest haa been 50 mins on a 5yr old road bike my Dad built.Cheers, Stu0
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Hi and welcome. I've only recently started commuting too and am doing a similar distance to you. You'll be amazed at how quickly you get used to it.
I'm a relative newbie to the fourm too - but because I'm from London the people outside London ignore me because they think the forum is becoming too London-centric and don't want to encourage any more of us and the people from London ignore me because that's what Londoners do - Listen to The Jam's Strange Town - and because I'm not part of the clique ( :twisted: There, managed to P everyone off in a sentence
:twisted: ) - only joking folks
You'll find the forum a great source of inspiration and advice. And you're commute sounds lovely.Pain is only weakness leaving the body0 -
The Chingford Skinhead wrote:but because I'm from London the people outside London ignore me because they think the forum is becoming too London-centric and don't want to encourage any more of us.
True :twisted:
Okay, not really!Steve C0 -
sc999cs wrote:The Chingford Skinhead wrote:but because I'm from London the people outside London ignore me because they think the forum is becoming too London-centric and don't want to encourage any more of us.
True :twisted:
Okay, not really!
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Pain is only weakness leaving the body0
